Four more test positive in Arunachal Pradesh; tally rises to 195

ITANAGAR: Four more persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing up the state's tally to 195, an official said.
Of the fresh cases, two were reported from Lower Siang district and one each from Namsai and the capital complex on Wednesday night, he said.
"The new patients had recently returned to the state and were in quarantine facilities. They were asymptomatic," state surveillance officer Dr L Jampa said on Thursday.
Dr Jampa said reports of 1,669 samples sent for testing were awaited. The state now has 128 active cases.
On Wednesday, four positive cases, including three, from worst-affected Changlang district and one from West Kameng have been released after they tested negative in two consecutive samples according to the standard operation procedure, Dr Jampa said.
"The released patients have been advised strict 14-day home quarantine and self-monitoring," he added.
Meanwhile, all 114 primary contacts of both frontline workers who contracted the virus from the state capital recently have been traced out and their samples were sent for testing, of which results of 90 are negative and the rest are awaited.